VERSUS is the new matchmaking system from the Electronic Sports League. It has never been easier to find people to play with! We have finally bridged the gap between public gaming and the competitive ladders of the ESL. Now everyone can easily get ranked playing team games - even without having their own team. Check it out! You will enjoy it!

New to VERSUS? No problem! Here are the first steps...
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To be able to participate in VERSUS, you have to be rregistered on ESL website. Afterwards you can start VERSUS by clicking the 'Play VS.' button, choose your game and search for opponents.

No. The use of VERSUS is free of any charge. However, there are several additional features available for you, if you are a premium member.

For additional information on the premium membership, pleease click here.

In general, all active games of ESL are available on VERSUS. However, you may find free to play games aswell. You will find a list of all available games by starting VERSUS.

After starting VERSUS and choosing your game, you will find a button on the right side of the VERSUS window, where you can find the button "Rules". There they are!

In this case, the match has to be aborted (No result) and the player who aborted the match has to be reported as Leaver. Furthermore you should report such players separately via Support Ticket.

The match should still be played to the end. When entering the result, the player who left has to be marked as 'leaver'. Is this done by all remaining players, the short-handed team will not loose any points in case of a loss.

For more information, please visit our How2VERSUS News: Leavers: Your marking to rule them all

To report any troublemaker, you have several options in VERSUS. First of all you can report them after you entered the result. Should you missed this option, you can still report a player on the match sheet within 12 hours after match time.

For more information, please visit our How2VERSUS News: Reporting players: How to get rid of troublemakers

In general: Every misbehaviour during a VERSUS match should be reported with the "Report player"-function. This includes any kind of insults, teamkills, leaving a match, kicking players from the server and several more.

For more information, please visit our How2VERSUS News: Reporting players: How to get rid of troublemakers

To avoid any abuse, players will not be banned with the first report. This has basically two reasons. The first is, that any player can have a bad day and should not be punished immediately. The second reason as already mentioned: abuse.

Should a player beeing reported several times by individual players in different matches, he will receive an automatic ban by the system. The period of the ban will increase with every new ban.

For more information, please visit our How2VERSUS News: Reporting players: How to get rid of troublemakers

Players can be repoted via support ticket, if the offense fits into the categories "Unwanted Content" or "Unwanted Behaviour". This includes any type of racist comments, posting pornographic content, or anything similar.

Everything else has to be reported with the "Report player"-function. VERSUS is a large system, based on automatism. The old known support system would simply not fit the amount of players we have on VERSUS.

A veto should only be filed if your opponent didn´t vote the correct result and the match wasn´t rated. A veto can be filed within 12h after the match is closed.

Note: A veto can only be used to get a matchresult corrected. A veto can not be used to get rid of a false leaver mark, nor to report players (e.g. cheating).

Generally, you should only use screenshots to get a veto checked as quick as possible. Uploading demos and replays means a higher effort for the veto admin and results in longer processing times. In addition, screenshots must proof the matchresult clearly. If the uploaded proofs don´t proof the matchresult clearly, the veto will be rejected.